What Hiashi and Minato said carried weight.
Konoha and Kumogakure had argued from autumn into winter. The Kumogakure delegation had stayed in Konoha for over two months without returning home. With Konoha already celebrating the New Year, Xue Ge still occasionally saw people wearing Kumogakure forehead protectors roaming the streets.
Had arguing become a habit for them?
Xue Ge had asked Minato about it too. Apparently, Kumogakure insisted that Konoha pay compensation, but Konoha refused to admit any fault and therefore rejected the demand. They had been going back and forth over this issue without resolving it.
Still, these disputes had not interfered with the subsequent signing of their cooperation agreement. In the end, the benefits were just too tempting.
Xue Ge had not run into any trouble after leaving the hospital, either. Team Minato was no longer as busy as it had been during its first six months. They hardly ever took ordinary D-rank missions in the village anymore. Occasionally, Minato took them on assignments outside, but their range of operations had barely extended beyond the Land of Fire.
When he had nothing to do in the village, Xue Ge usually went to Root to lead some children in training and tried to teach Xia the sealless ninjutsu he knew.
But Xia probably still had a long way to go with chakra control-
Day after day passed, and winter arrived. Following in Xue Ge and Kakashi's footsteps, Asuma graduated early too. Xue Ge had expected that. After all, Asuma was Naruto's son; he had talent and worked quite hard.
What surprised Xue Ge, however, was that Guy and Muzi had graduated early along with Asuma.
Xue Ge had not managed to find out how those two, whose abilities were clearly lopsided, had graduated early, but their ninja forehead protectors